The board approved continued membership in the South Dakota High School Athletic Association.

The board again disapproved joining the South Dakota Coalition of Schools in its lawsuit against the state concerning the state's funding methods of schools.

The track coach roster is complete, now that Ralph Kroetch has been formally approved as an assistant coach.

Notification of intent to not hire any instructors for the next school year, if there are any, must be completed before April 15.

The Pioneer-Review printed a story several months ago regarding the Philip City Council's efforts to find "signage" to welcome people to Philip.

As many of you know, Virgil W. (Dobby) Hansen was a sign painter in Philip for many years. He and our mother, Vivian (Palmer) Hansen, raised 10 of us Hansen kids in Philip through the efforts of his sign painting and her teaching school. Our dad has been gone for almost 17 years, but "Mama" still lives in Philip. We siblings spanned a period from 1957 to 1974 in our years graduating from Philip High School.